Sprout Social’s Sales Operations team is looking for an analytical, problem solving, and solutions-focused Manager of Sales Operation who has experience leading a team of data and reporting analysts who support Sales and Customer Success organizations.

Our Sales and Customer Success teams works with more than 25,000 brands around the world including Evernote, Grubhub, Subaru and Edelman. These businesses rely on Sprout to create stronger relationships with their customers through social media.

This position will partner closely with Sales and Customer Success leadership to define and drive business needs and translate those needs into reporting solutions and analysis aimed at creating valuable and strategic insight for the sales floor. This person will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders as well including our Marketing Operations, Finance Operations, and CRM teams.

If you are data driven, detailed oriented, passionate about leading analysts, and able to move quickly while maintaining focus on high impact projects, we’d love to talk to you!

The Experience

• At least 5 years of overall work experience in Sales Operations, Business Operations, Revenue Management, Data Science, Business Intelligence, or Consulting. SaaS experience ideal
• At least 1 year of work experience leading a team
• Expert level with Excel and G Suite; Intermediate level with SQL
• Proficiency in Salesforce.com and Tableau
• Ability to work with, organize, audit, query, and manipulate large data sets across Salesforce.com, Excel and SQL/Tableau
• Comfortable with ambiguity, competing priorities, and is resilient in a high growth environment
• Positive attitude and growth mindset
• Ability to frame business questions in analytical terms and translating business requirements into useful and simple reports and analysis with actionable insight
• Experience driving projects from start to finish, with multiple cross-functional stakeholders
• Customer service oriented and demonstrating empathy when working with Sales and Customer Success leadership
• Effective, clear and concise communication skills

Within 1 Month, you will…

• Complete Sprout’s New Hire training program alongside other new Sprout team members. You’ll gain a broader understanding of our product and how your role fits into the organization.
• Partner with the Sr. Director of Sales Operations & Strategy to define key success metrics for your role and how you will measure against them.
• Get to know and begin to build working relationships with the Sales Operations Analyst team.
• Get to know and begin to build working relationships with stakeholders throughout our Sales and Customer Success teams as well as cross-functional teams.
• Become familiar with our sales environment and sales processes.

Within 3 Months, you will…

• Have direct management responsibility of the Sales Operations Analyst team, start providing mentorship and guidance to the team, and assist them in the execution of their objectives.
• Gain an understanding of all current reporting, analysis, and recurring work being done by the Sales Operations Analyst team.
• Gain an understanding of all Key Performance Indicators for all the various Sales and Customer Success teams.
• Gain an understanding of all quotas and quota methodology for all the various Sales and Customer Success teams.
• Gain an understanding of most Salesforce.com data and sales processes.

Within 6 months, you will…

• Have become the subject matter expert for all operational data and reporting used to support the Sales and Customer Success teams.
• Be the main conduit between Sales and Customer Success Leadership and the Sales Operations Analyst team to translating data and reporting needs into solutions.
• Continue to mentor and coach the team.
• Have started scope out and make plans to migrate all recurring reporting from Excel to Tableau.

Within 12 months, you will...

• Have gained incredible efficiency on the team by evolving the data and reporting solutions from manual Excel reporting to automated Tableau solutions.
• Have transformed the value the team provides from data and reporting to strategic insight and analysis that empowers data-backed decision making.
• Have coached, mentored, and developed the team to dramatically improve their technical skillset, project management skills, and analytical skills.
• Surprise us! Use your unique ideas and abilities to change the Sales Operations team in beneficial ways that we haven’t even considered yet.

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

About Sprout Social
Sprout Social powers open communication between individuals, brands and communities through elegant, sophisticated software. We are relentless about solving hard problems for our customers and committed to both customer and team success. 

Team Sprout is a group of very talented, smart and passionate people with broad interests and backgrounds. We believe that true employee engagement cannot happen if you can’t bring your whole self to work, so we’re committed to building a diverse team, embracing an inclusive culture and investing in equity across our organization. That dedication is core to Sprout. We want all candidates, particularly those coming from traditionally underrepresented groups in the technology industry, to know they are welcome at Sprout.

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for software, product and company culture achievements. Our team’s shared belief in Sprout’s mission promotes a culture of openness, empowerment and fun. We have built a benefits program to match the strength of our team. This program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families, including generous company contributions
• Progressive benefit programs, like our parental leave program and free Divvy bike memberships
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment - your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop
• Solid programs in some of the staples: transportation, disability and life insurance
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and financial well-being of our team
• Breakfast and lunch options onsite, and more healthy snack options and beverages than you can imagine
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster  (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement (3) Pay Transparency Statement.

Additionally, Sprout Social participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. We value the things that make us different and want to see how you can make our team better!

About Sprout Social
Sprout Social powers open communication between individuals, brands and communities through elegant, sophisticated software. We are relentless about solving hard problems for our customers and committed to both customer and team success.

Team Sprout is a group of very talented, smart and passionate people with broad interests and backgrounds. We believe that true employee engagement cannot happen if you can’t bring your whole self to work, so we’re committed to building a diverse team, embracing an inclusive culture and investing in equity across our organization. That dedication is core to Sprout. We want all candidates, particularly those coming from traditionally underrepresented groups in the technology industry, to know they are welcome at Sprout.

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for software, product and company culture achievements. Our team’s shared belief in Sprout’s mission promotes a culture of openness, empowerment and fun. We have built a benefits program to match the strength of our team. This program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families, including generous company contributions
• Progressive benefit programs, like our parental leave program and free Divvy bike memberships
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment - your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop
• Solid programs in some of the staples: transportation, disability and life insurance
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and financial well-being of our team
• Breakfast and lunch options onsite, and more healthy snack options and beverages than you can imagine
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster  (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement (3) Pay Transparency Statement.

Additionally, Sprout Social participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. We value the things that make us different and want to see how you can make our team better!